title: The complete mitogenome of the turnip moth Agrotis segetum (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
abstract: Abstract The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the turnip moth Agrotis segetum (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) was determined (GenBank accession No. KC894725). This is the first sequenced mitogenome from the subfamily Noctuinae of Noctuidae. The length of this mitogenome is 15,378 bp with a A+T content of 80.7%. There are 37 typical animal mitochondrial genes and a A+T-rich region. The tRNA gene trnM was the only rearranged gene compared with the pupative ancestral arrangement of insects. All protein-coding genes start with ATN start codon except for the gene cox1, which uses CGA as in other lepidopteran species. Ten protein-coding genes stop with termination codon TAA, whereas three protein-coding gene use incomplete stop codon T. The A+T-region is located between rrnS and trnM with a length of 332 bp and A+T content of 93.5%.
authors.affiliation: College of Agronomy and Plant Protection, Qingdao Agricultural University , Qingdao , China .
authors.forename: Qiu-Ling
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wen-Xia
authors.initials: WX
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Bao-Zhen
authors.initials: BZ
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Shu-Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000032:analysis; D023061:Gene Order; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009036:Moths / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Gene rearrangement; hexapoda; insecta; start codon